Theresa May WILL back gig economy workers' rights changes, sources say

Prime Minister Theresa May will support an overhaul of gig economy workers’ rights, according to Government sources speaking to the Times.  

Speaking on ITV’s Peston on Sunday, Matthew Taylor, who was appointed by May to review the gig economy, stopped short of confirming these reports – “[she has been] supportive so far” – and acknowledged the political reality of the situation: “[What] I have to do is produce the best recommendations I can – in the end it’s up to government to decide what they can implement and that puts us back in the domain of politics.”

He spoke about the gig economy as a whole on the rival to The Andrew Marr Show, especially the blurred lines that currently exist in this sphere.

He said: “If you are subject to control – if as an individual in the relationship with the person who’s hiring you, they control your work, they control the basis upon which you work, they control the content of your work – that looks like the kind of relationship where the quid pro quo should be that you respect that person’s employment rights and entitlements.”